If you are a long-time Wordpress developer who understands all the ins and outs of theme development then this post isn’t for you.
OK, now we’ve got that out of the way, for those of you left, let’s try and decipher where the real value lies in theme frameworks. Help comes in the shape of a [...]

Andy Peatling from BuddyPress kicks off Wordcamp 2009 for me. So, what is BuddyPress? In another presentation, Matt Mullenweg, the WordPress founder describes BuddyPress as ‘Facebook in a box’ ideally suited to the creation of niche social networks. Features include in-depth profile pages, a life-stream, messaging, groups, albums, forums, blogs (obviously, given that it’s from [...]

For all you geeks-on-the-go, the folk at Wordpress have introduced Wordpress for iPhone: an open source app that lets you synch your blog and write posts directly from your iPhone:
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This should be compatible with all versions of Wordpress beyond 2.5.1.

Matt Dawson of Category 4 goes into detail about your platform options for corporate blogging. These include Wordpress (which I’d heartily recommend), ExpressionEngine and custom solutions. What about Moveable Type? I’m not a fan, but shouldn’t it be included as another major player in this market?
He talks briefly about CMS options. In this space, I’d [...]

Wordcamps are events organised by the Wordpress gang to pull together developers working on the popular blogging platform. The latest event took place recently in San Francisco, pulling together some of the top brass working on Wordpress. The affable inventor of Wordpress, Matt Mullenweg led the proceedings.
Wordpress sessions of interest:

SEO for Wordpress
Secret of virality
BuddyPress: Social [...]

Unfortunately I didn’t get to attend this session, but thankfully, through the beauty of blogging, there are numerous other accounts online.
BuddyPress grew out of a series of plug-ins that added social functionality to Wordpress MU (the multi-user edition). It is being touted as Facebook-in-a-box, ie. you can setup your own personal Facebook for your community.
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